BC: Spiders
https://www.gocomics.com/bc/2023/08/31

Spiders and ants rule the world, humans just live in it.

Lynn

On Thursday, 31 August 2023 at 20:45:36 UTC+1, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> BC: Spiders
> https://www.gocomics.com/bc/2023/08/31
>
> Spiders and ants rule the world, humans just live in it.

I don't follow BC so I'll ask here: how often do
they show up in woods? Is that captured animal
more like a mammals than the usual non-speaking
characters in the strip are? I think it's technically
canon that it's a post-industrial future, but they
avoid mentioning that?

The other thought that arose, I shared in comments
there.

On Thursday, August 31, 2023 at 5:15:26 PM UTC-4, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> On Thursday, 31 August 2023 at 20:45:36 UTC+1, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> > BC: Spiders
> > https://www.gocomics.com/bc/2023/08/31
> >
> > Spiders and ants rule the world, humans just live in it.
> I don't follow BC so I'll ask here: how often do
> they show up in woods? Is that captured animal
> more like a mammals than the usual non-speaking
> characters in the strip are? I think it's technically
> canon that it's a post-industrial future, but they
> avoid mentioning that?
>
> The other thought that arose, I shared in comments
> there.

I think you're worrying much too much about it. BC isn't
known for its airtight world building and strict adherence to
historical timelines.

The 'its post-industrial' idea is just fun fancanon to explain the
appearance of a Bible in a few strips (the artist is a committed
Christian). Somehow, no one has a problem with floating rock
tablets, dinos and humans together, or Grog.

pt

In article <eda22d47-b6d3-4844-8676-9c32ba4aa5e7n@googlegroups.com>,
pete...@gmail.com <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Thursday, August 31, 2023 at 5:15:26 PM UTC-4, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>> On Thursday, 31 August 2023 at 20:45:36 UTC+1, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> > BC: Spiders
>> > https://www.gocomics.com/bc/2023/08/31
>> >
>> > Spiders and ants rule the world, humans just live in it.
>> I don't follow BC so I'll ask here: how often do
>> they show up in woods? Is that captured animal
>> more like a mammals than the usual non-speaking
>> characters in the strip are? I think it's technically
>> canon that it's a post-industrial future, but they
>> avoid mentioning that?
>>
>> The other thought that arose, I shared in comments
>> there.
>
>I think you're worrying much too much about it. BC isn't
>known for its airtight world building and strict adherence to
>historical timelines.
>
>The 'its post-industrial' idea is just fun fancanon to explain the
>appearance of a Bible in a few strips (the artist is a committed
>Christian). Somehow, no one has a problem with floating rock
>tablets, dinos and humans together, or Grog.
>
>pt

Hart embraced the post-industrial setting in his final years. Of
course that doesn't mean he did so before his life changing religious
experiences, and I don't think he did, but it is official on some
level.
--
columbiaclosings.com
What's not in Columbia anymore..

Robert Carnegie wrote:

>On Thursday, 31 August 2023 at 20:45:36 UTC+1, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> BC: Spiders
>> https://www.gocomics.com/bc/2023/08/31
>>
>> Spiders and ants rule the world, humans just live in it.
>
>I don't follow BC so I'll ask here: how often do
>they show up in woods?

The environment appears to suit the needs of the joke.

> Is that captured animal
>more like a mammals than the usual non-speaking
>characters in the strip are?

Other than the humans, whatever Grog is, and a pet wolf, there are few
mammals.

> I think it's technically
>canon that it's a post-industrial future, but they
>avoid mentioning that?

In the latter days of Johnny Hart's tenure, that seemed to sort of be
it. His descendants abandoned all of that and went back to classic B.c.
when they took over.

Brian

pete...@gmail.com wrote:

>The 'its post-industrial' idea is just fun fancanon to explain the
>appearance of a Bible in a few strips (the artist is a committed
>Christian). Somehow, no one has a problem with floating rock
>tablets, dinos and humans together, or Grog.

Was. John Hart has been dead for some time now. The strip is being
produced by his grandchildren. The overt Christianity hasn't shown up
much other than fairly generic holiday strips.

Brian

On Fri, 1 Sep 2023 09:13:29 -0700 (PDT), "pete...@gmail.com"
<petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:

> no one has a problem with floating rock
> tablets,

Commenters worry about floating rock tablets all the time,
and refuse to be mollified when pointed at a panel
that clearly shows wood grain on the stack of slabs
waiting to be written on and launched.

Me, I'd complain about the two-way current
that delivers answers in a couple of hours
-- or less.

Were it not that I subscribe to the Rule of Funny.

--
Joy Beeson
joy beeson at centurylink dot net
http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/

On 9/2/2023 1:57 AM, Default User wrote:
> Robert Carnegie wrote:
>
>> On Thursday, 31 August 2023 at 20:45:36 UTC+1, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>> BC: Spiders
>>> https://www.gocomics.com/bc/2023/08/31
>>>
>>> Spiders and ants rule the world, humans just live in it.
>>
>> I don't follow BC so I'll ask here: how often do
>> they show up in woods?
>
> The environment appears to suit the needs of the joke.
>
>> Is that captured animal
>> more like a mammals than the usual non-speaking
>> characters in the strip are?
>
> Other than the humans, whatever Grog is, and a pet wolf, there are few
> mammals.
>
>> I think it's technically
>> canon that it's a post-industrial future, but they
>> avoid mentioning that?
>
> In the latter days of Johnny Hart's tenure, that seemed to sort of be
> it. His descendants abandoned all of that and went back to classic B.c.
> when they took over.
>
>
> Brian

Mmm, I disagree. There have been a few strips, not many, that lean
towards a dystopian future society. If I had time I would find one for
example.

Lynn

Lynn McGuire wrote:

>On 9/2/2023 1:57 AM, Default User wrote:

>>In the latter days of Johnny Hart's tenure, that seemed to sort of
>>be it. His descendants abandoned all of that and went back to
>>classic B.c. when they took over.

>Mmm, I disagree. There have been a few strips, not many, that lean
>towards a dystopian future society. If I had time I would find one
>for example.

I don't think so. It is, as it has always been, full of anachronisms.
However, there's no longer any evidence of a cohesive background like
that.

Brian